Tim Burris' new Complete Works of Ph.Rosseter is entirely unedited, recorded in complete unspliced takes: http://baroquelute.com/MQ.html RT
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Tayler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 12:07 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: mics arrived > Just as a point of reference, the average number of edits on a 60 > minute classical CD is about 800. > The maximum I have seen on a lute CD (lute CDs run higher than > average) is 1800. > That works out to one edit every two seconds at the crunchy end, > every 4.5 seconds average. > YMMV. The CD reveals little about the players ability, but > represents an impression. > To see how a player really plays, one must see the show. > > I see no real obstacle if the material is three or four minute pieces > why a lute CD could not be mistake free given several takes, > after all it it is possible to play continuo for four hour opera > mistake free, although it happens not so often.... > The edits then would be the ones linking the pieces together. > A true "edit free" CD is not a string of takes, but like a concert, > an hour straight through; > and it is not that difficult to play an hour mistake free, given several > tries. > Classical musicians on piano, violin, organ, etc. routinely turn in > such performances in concert, the editing on the CD then > becomes more of an artistic choice than the elimination of mistakes. > > DT > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
